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Bringing the game into disrepute!!!

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The AFL should not turn a blind eye to what's happening over at West Coast. Not long ago, it took four players to task and punished them for betting on football. Now, it should investigate the drug allegations and if necessary charge the WCE and/or the players involved with bringing the game into disrepute.

It seems that Cousins' drug problem was known as early as July last year. What was done to help him with that problem? Where was the drug testing? Why was he (and the 7 others Worsfold refers to) allowed remain registered as AFL players into the finals series.

I think the football public should expect the AFL to come down hard here if the players and their club are guilty - at least as hard as they came down on Essendon, Melbourne and Carlton for salary cap cheating in the past 7 or 8 years.

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    maybe demetriou's got skeletons in the closet too.

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    their drug taking hasn't affected their AFL, so why should they punished??

    sure, name and shame them, but after that, let them be and try to help them, instead of making things worse for them...

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    their drug taking hasn't affected their AFL, so why should they punished??

    sure, name and shame them, but after that, let them be and try to help them, instead of making things worse for them...

    Correct

    This subject is important, but is getting tired

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    This subject is important, but is getting tired

    At least we don't have to hear about the betting debarcle. Thank god footyis back for real on Friday night we we can get on with it!!

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    The AFL should not turn a blind eye to what's happening over at West Coast. Not long ago, it took four players to task and punished them for betting on football. Now, it should investigate the drug allegations and if necessary charge the WCE and/or the players involved with bringing the game into disrepute.

    It seems that Cousins' drug problem was known as early as July last year. What was done to help him with that problem? Where was the drug testing? Why was he (and the 7 others Worsfold refers to) allowed remain registered as AFL players into the finals series.

    Hmm.....thats a tough one.

    Perhaps it was, i dont know, so they could win the Grand Final. :rolleyes:

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    their drug taking hasn't affected their AFL, so why should they punished??

    sure, name and shame them, but after that, let them be and try to help them, instead of making things worse for them...

    Thats so debatable

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    All spotlight is on the Eagles, but they are not the ONLY team in the AFL that has had to or will have to deal with drugs amongst players. The Eagles won the premiership so obviously they are going to be in the spotlight more and now that Cousins has come out and said he has a problem the flood gates open for all kinds of allegations. At the end of the day Cousins is now on leave to try and fix his problem...sure it's probably not a very good image for the Eagles, but the whole thing seems to be going on and on. I am not going to mention names, but there have beem instances in the past and they have not recieved nearly as much coverage as the whole Eagles/Ben Cousins thing.

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